Change your screen's brightness level

So you've got this snazzy new phone, with some snazzy "Super AMOLED" or "SLCD" or "AMOLED" or "LCD" screen -- or whatever the tech buzzword of the week happens to be.

Your phone has a sensor (also called an ambient light sensor) that automatically adjusts the brightness on the screen depending on how bright it is where you happen to be. (That's the "ambient light" part.) You'll likely notice your phone's screen doing dim or brightening throughout the day. The idea is to keep it low, but not too low, to save on battery life.

But what if it's just not bright enough for you? Go to Menu>Settings>Display>Brightness and uncheck the "Automatic brightness" box. You'll now have a slider with which you can adjust your screen.

Most phones (especially those on Froyo) also have widgets that let you adjust to low, medium and high brightness.

We don't recommend running around with your phone's screen turned up all the way, but you're free to do so if you want. Just don't come complaining to us about how quickly your battery drains.

I'm assuming they have a Samsung device cause I was just playing around with a Galaxy tab today and when I opened the browser the screen suddenly dimmed. I was like what the heck. Then I realised the browser had its own setting.

OK not to come off as sounding 1337ist but is a tutorial on changing the bright settings really needed? I admit that I consider myself very technically competent, so maybe I'm giving normal users too much credit. But this seems like the equivalent of "welcome to your new car: an introduction to the steering wheel, brake, and accelerator". *shrugs* I guess an over abundance of guides is better then not enough.